Author: nationalpoint

INTRODUCTIONWhile it is true that the Nigerian economy is dependent on Oil which accounts for over 90% of export earnings and 40% of government revenues coupled with the current gloomy oil market outlook, her fortunes prima facie looks bleak.A more cursory look in these times reveal otherwise; there are actually advantages that must be creatively harnessed for genuine organic growth and wealth redistribution.Natural resources – predominantly gas.Large young “working” population.creative minds that can recognize the opportunities, look inward and develop Nigerian solution to Nigeria’s challenges.approximately 80% of Nigerians do not rely on foreign import for their sustenance.NATURE OF THE OIL…

The ravages of COVID-19 in the country and States of the Niger Delta have shown up the failure of governance in the six states of Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Edo, Akwa Ibom and Cross River. Poverty ravaged citizens brought low by corruption, their life support systems degraded by pollution, battle to stay still caught between hunger, thirst and a ravaging pandemic in this feature by Ibiba DonPedro, a project of the Centre for Media, Environment and Development Communications CEMEDEC.Chief Nyesom WikeAn abrasive personality with a gravely, hoarse voice that comes in startling counter to the calm heights of the office he…

My attention has been drawn to the above mentioned on-line publication of 9thMay, 2020 credited to Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, Esq., SAN, wherein the author accused His Excellency, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, CON, GSSRS, Governor of Rivers State of alleged acts of lawlessness and arbitrariness including alleged arbitrary arrest of two Pilots and oil workers and threatened auction of vehicles impounded from defaulters under Executive Order RSVG 06, 2020 which prohibits human and vehicular movements in Port Harcourt City Local Government and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas until further notice.The main thrust of Adegboruwa’s criticism is that the right to property is guaranteed by…

RIMAWA staffThe attention of the Sole Administrator, Rivers State Waste Management Agency, RIWAMA, Bro Felix Obuah has been drawn to unwarranted arrest, detention and attacks on Service Providers, working with the Agency.It will be recalled that the Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike during a live radio programme in Port Harcourt on Monday last week, two days before the commencement of the total lockdown in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas, unambiguously stated that Service Providers working with the Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA), are on ESSENTIAL SERVICE of keeping the State clean, and should…

The Nigeria Union Of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State Council, has warned the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies in the state not to harass, intimidate or molest journalists who are on essential duties to report the total lockdown ordered by the Rivers State Government in Port Harcourt and Obio Akpor local government areas of the state.The Union stated that journalists should be given unhindered movement to enable them observe and report the level of compliance within the two local government areas under lockdown.The NUJ, in a statement signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Stanley Job Stanley and Ike Wigodo…

My Dear Good People of Rivers State,We were constrained by the continuing increase in the transmission of COVID-19 cases to impose further measures to mitigate the spread of the virus in our State, including a 24 hour total lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas since Thursday 7th May 2020.These measures are neither new nor extra-ordinary. They are the very standard measures that are universally applied across all countries to fight the spread of this pandemic in the absence of any preventive vaccine or therapeutics.These very measures had been in place for over four weeks in Lagos and…

The Urhobo Political Movement ; a socio-political umbrella of well versed Deltans of Urhobo extraction, at home and in the diaspora,  berates the federal government for the exclusion of Deltans from the conditional cash transfer programme, insisting that there was no justification whatsoever for such a condemnable act. Moreso, when Sadiya Umar Farouk, the Hon. Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has not been able to justify this vexatious exclusion.The Urhobo Political Movement stated that at the twilight of the announcement of the programme, the leaders of the group alongside other community leaders swung into action, compiling…

I have read several articles and watched videos of people condemning the River State government demolition of property ( Hotel) of  Princewill Osaronwa OSAROEJIJI. I appreciate their concerns and worries as Democrats and law abiding citizens cos, I would have screamed louder if I am not an Eleme son. However, knowing Governor Wike well, they ought to ask questions and make further  investigations as to know what really happened.Note that the said hotel belongs to Princewill Osaronwa OSAROEJIJI of Alode in Eleme LGA of Rivers State.The demolished hotel has been a hideout for criminal gangs and venue of cult meetings…

The demolished Prodest Hotel, ElemeFormer President of the Nigeria Bar Association,  NBA, Chief Onueze Okocha (SAN) has declared that the Executive Orders signed by Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike are appropriate.Okocha (SAN) advised anyone who is uncomfortable with the Executive Orders  should approach the courts.In an interview on Monday,  Chief  Okocha (SAN) lauded the steps taken by the Rivers State Governor to fight coronavirus as well thought out and well advised.  He said the steps will help check the spread of coronavirus.He said: “I believe strongly that the measures taken by the Rivers State Government, particularly the Governor, Nyesom…